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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Created following ALA’s difficult decision to cancel its 2020 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, ALA Virtual-Community Through Connection,
held June 24-26, 2020, provided a virtual space where librarians and library workers could remain connected during this time of change.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/38BamiC" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/2VVHH2F" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA Council approves Core; dissolves ALCTS, LITA and LLAMA</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">In votes on Tuesday, June 23, and Saturday, June 27, the ALA Council voted to approve Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures as a new ALA division beginning September
1, 2020, and to dissolve the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), the Library Information Technology Association (LITA) and the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) effective August 31, 2020. The vote to form
Core was 163 to 1.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2VVHH2F" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read more</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/3gD4Y1u" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA summons support for Library Stabilization Fund Act</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The American Library Association (ALA) praised the introduction of the Library Stabilization Fund Act, introduced in both chambers by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Representative
Andy Levin (D-MI), respectively. The legislation would establish a $2 billion fund, administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, to address financial losses and bolster library services, with priority to the hardest-hit communities.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/3gD4Y1u" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/31U6iZF" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Libraries invited to apply for ALA’s ‘Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to
Climate Change’</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The American Library Association (ALA) invites library workers to apply to be part of Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change, a pilot program to help
public and academic libraries engage their communities in programs and conversations that address the climate change crisis.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/31U6iZF" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/3gCzusd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Honorary member nominations open</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Nominations are being accepted for ALA honorary membership, the Association’s highest honor, which is bestowed on living citizens of any country whose contributions to librarianship
or a closely related field are so outstanding that they are of significant and lasting importance to the whole field of library service.</span><a href="https://bit.ly/3gCzusd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span> </span>Read
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/2ZGSKxW" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">New from ACRL - ‘Hidden Architectures of Information Literacy Programs’</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “Hidden Architectures of Information Literacy Programs: Structures, Practices, and Contexts,”
edited by Carolyn Caffrey Gardner, Elizabeth Galoozis, and Rebecca Halpern. This book collects authors from a variety of diverse institutions detailing the day-to-day work of running and coordinating information literacy programs and the soft skills necessary
for success in the coordinator role.<span> </span></span><a href="https://bit.ly/2ZGSKxW" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Read more</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">AWARDS AND GRANTS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><a href="https://bit.ly/2BDMM9d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA awards Spectrum Scholarships for 2020</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/38EU7Bs" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">ALA, Capital One invite rural libraries to apply for Community Connect: Digital Access
at Home grants</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a href="https://bit.ly/2Dbfe2n" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellowship deferred</span></b></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">WEBINARS</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://bit.ly/2BMVBgQ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" style="">Learn how to create a strong communication plan for your library with this
LLAMA webinar</a></span></b></p>
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Jennifer L. Dean - PhD, MLIS - she, her, hers</div>
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Dean of Libraries and Instructional Technology<br>
University of Detroit Mercy<br>
deanjl@udmercy.edu<br>
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